The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.

After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.